Manyberries is a
hamlet
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in
Alberta
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, Canada within the
County of Forty Mile No. 8.
It is located approximately south of
Medicine Hat
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, at the eastern end of
Highway 61 (the
Red Coat Trail
The Red Coat Trail is a route that approximates the path taken in 1874 by the North-West Mounted Police in their March West from Fort Dufferin to Fort Whoop-Up.
Route description
A number of highways in southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and A ...
).
Geography
Climate
Manyberries experiences a
semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of se ...
(
Köppen climate classification
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''BSk''). Winters are long, cold and dry, while summers are relatively short but very warm. Precipitation is low, with an annual average of 353 mm, and is concentrated in the warmer months. Manyberries is the sunniest spot in
Canada
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, receiving an average of 2,567 hours of sunshine per year.
Demographics
Manyberries recorded a population of 96 in the
1991 Census of Population conducted by
Statistics Canada
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.
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Services
Manyberries has a community hall, a curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take t ...
rink, a park with playground equipment, and a hotel with lounge. Manyberries still has its original Canadian Pacific
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railway station
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and a section house, which are both private residences, and are located beside the former Stirling
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-Weyburn
Weyburn is the tenth-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 11,019. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina and is north from the North Dakota border in the ...
branch line
A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Branch lines may serve one or more industries, or a city or town not located ...
. CPR abandoned the branch line from just east of Stirling to Consul, Saskatchewan
Consul ( 2021 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Reno No. 51 and Census Division No. 4. The historic Red Coat Trail and Highway 21 pass through the village. The village featu ...
in the late 1980s. The tracks were pulled shortly after in early 1990s from Manyberries to Consul. The hamlet also has two oilfield services company that service the nearby Manyberries oilfield.
Manyberries, Alberta house.jpg, Deserted house
See also
*List of communities in Alberta
The province of Alberta, Canada, is divided into ten types of Local government in Canada, local governments – urban municipalities (including List of cities in Alberta, cities, List of towns in Alberta, towns, List of villages in Alberta, vil ...
*List of hamlets in Alberta
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References
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Hamlets in Alberta
County of Forty Mile No. 8